10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEADEN-LIMBED»
Discover the use of
leaden-limbed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
leaden-limbed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
As evening came on, the remaining guests likewise began to show signs of
waning strength and in couples and threes departed, heavy-eyed and leaden-
limbed, with farewell shouts of good and everlasting luck. The groomsmen long
since ...
Karl Edwin Harriman, 1903
... Hemphill made a comic rolling motion with his arm as if reeling her in, Gertrude
slowly came forward, light-headed and leaden-limbed, her demeanor drained of
all life and expression. Once at the flip chart with the strong-smelling felt tip pen ...
Constance McCutcheon, 2010
3
The Maid-at-arms: A Novel
XVI ON SCOUT LIKE a pursued man hunted through a dream, I labored on,
leaden-limbed, trembling ; and it seemed hours and hours ere the blue starlight
broke overhead and Beacraft's dark house loomed stark and empty on the stony
hill.
Robert William Chambers, 1902
4
Poppy: the story of a South African girl
He was leaden-limbed as the dead, but his loud breathing reassured her;
peering into his face she could see that his eyes were closed. She considered
swiftly what thing she could do that would be best, presently resolving to run to
the house ...
5
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce: A Story of Youth
A negro maid had admitted her to the apartment and Janet, leaden-limbed and
weary-eyed, was surrendering herself to the misery of her thoughts; She had
been right. Butler's confession — the admission that he had not viewed his
financial ...
'No,'she said, firmly. 'Goand help Jansislay out the supper things.' 'Done,' Maeve
said. 'All done.' 'Has Mr Dolan come downstairs yet?' 'Nuh.' 'Knockon hisdoor. Tell
him supperin twenty minutes.' She was still woollyheaded, leaden limbed.
Naturally enough, I was feeling generally lousy—achy, cotton-mouthed, and
leaden-limbed—but I was rational, I was composed, and most of all, I was glad I'd
done what I'd done. There was no intimation of imminent panic. The lingering ...
8
The Lost Army of Cambyses
One man fell face forward into the sand, weeping. Another was trampled by a
horse as he struggled to mount it. The Greek alone held his ground. He neither
moved nor spoke, just stood leaden-limbed as the wall of darkness rolled
inexorably ...
9
A Secret Madness: The Story of a Marriage
After a while, still stupefied, leaden-limbed, I stirred into a kind of half-life and
rose to make some tea. Sitting down, I slowly drank a cupful. I was still shaking.
The teacup rattled on the saucer as I put it down. My head hurt a good deal; I was
...
10
Reload: Rethinking Women + Cyberculture
The voice, lights, and garbled sensations finally ebbed, and he lay quietly,
leaden-limbed. Hisses, clicks, whirrings — all the soft whispers of machines —
swelled to fill the silence. Without will, his eyes came open and his body sat up.
Mary Flanagan, Austin Booth, 2002
